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Panel 1, upper section: Emmitsburg, Maryland, 1810:
In 1810 when Elizabeth Seton arrived in Emmitsburg, Maryland, the new community of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph’s, opened a free school, the two-story Federal-style building depicted,…

Hospital's doctors and nurses wait at Emergency and Ambulance entrances for casualties to arrive from the World Trade Center on September 11

During the weeks following September 11, flowers and memorials were left to honor those missing. The pictures on the side of St. Vincent's Hospital had been placed by friends and relatives. Residents in the Hospital's vicinity maintained this area as…

Spectators outside St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, face southward observing Twin Towers in flames before collapse on September 11, 2001

Two emergency officers and pedestrians observe missing persons notices posted on an outer wall by individuals seeking lost friends and relatives at St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan

A pedestrian views the flyers posted on the façade of St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, with photographs and information about people missing since the day of the September 11 disaster

Edward Cardinal Egan sitting on step outside Hospital's Emergency entrance, speaks with medical staff member waiting for casualties to arrive on September 11

City of New York Mayor Rudolph Guiliani (right) speaks to public outside Hospital

Food prepared and donated by neighborhood residents, served to St. Vincent's Hospital staff and first responders. Tables placed on sidewalk at 12th Street.

New York City police officer on motorcycle ready to transport St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, nurse with medical supplies passenger with medical supplies to transport to Ground Zero. Journalists with cameras and video equipment taping scene;…